| Presentation | 2010-08-05 Performance evaluation of control-interface switch GSN/1 using a geomagnetic sensor Yuta HIRAMATSU, Toyohiko HAYASHI, Yoshinobu MAEDA, Tetsuya WATANABE, Toshimitsu YAMAGUCHI, Naoki TONDOKORO, Daisuke YAJIMA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Assistive technologies have enabled people with motor disabilities to live more independently. They can operate a wide variety of equipments using a single switch called "control-interface switch". Such switches, however, have a defect of being affected significantly by involuntary body movements, resulting in erroneous operations of the equipments. To overcome such problems, we have been attempting to develop a new control-interface switch, GSN/1, using 3-axis geomagnetic sensor. This switch has several advantages such as 1) an easy positioning of the detector relative to a required body part, 2) high sensitivity to voluntary body movements and 3) low sensitivity to involuntary ones. In this paper we evaluated two different features of GSN/1, 1) its ability of distinguishing voluntary body movements from involuntary ones and 2) its usability in the control of the Operate-Navi ^[○!R], a scan-based on-screen keyboard. Experiments employing 5 healthy volunteers and a person with motor disabilities revealed that GSN/1 could be insensitive to involuntary body movements similar to voluntary ones and possess a high usability in the control of the Operate-Navi ^[○!R]. |
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| Keyword(in English) | motor disabilities / assistive technology / single switch / geomagnetic sensor / involuntary body movements |
| Paper # | WIT2010-20 |
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| Conference Date | 2010/7/29(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Performance evaluation of control-interface switch GSN/1 using a geomagnetic sensor |
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| Keyword(1) | motor disabilities |
| Keyword(2) | assistive technology |
| Keyword(3) | single switch |
| Keyword(4) | geomagnetic sensor |
| Keyword(5) | involuntary body movements |
| 1st Author's Name | Yuta HIRAMATSU |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Toyohiko HAYASHI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University:Department of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Yoshinobu MAEDA |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University:Department of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University |
| 4th Author's Name | Tetsuya WATANABE |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University:Department of Biocybernetics, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University |
| 5th Author's Name | Toshimitsu YAMAGUCHI |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Niigata IT Support Center for Persons with Disabilities |
| 6th Author's Name | Naoki TONDOKORO |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Center for Independent Living in Niigata |
| 7th Author's Name | Daisuke YAJIMA |
| 7th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University |
| Date | 2010-08-05 |
| Paper # | WIT2010-20 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.110 |
| Number (no) | 164 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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